Second Reading

OPINION Intensive farming and the copious use of pesticides has brought us to the brink of environmental Armageddon

COMMENT Indifference trumps anger about abuse as reason for not attending papal visit, Queens University survey reveals

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the life and work of Mayo’s blind bard, Antaine Ó Raiftearaí

OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty on the importance of compassion, sincerity and brevity when writing a Mass sermon

OPINION Nurturing children’s sense of wonder about the earth’s beauty will help insulate them from disenchantment later in life

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the life of Westport’s Rev Canon James Owen Hannay, AKA author George A Birmingham

Act now, or watch the annihilation of our planet and its wildlife, writes Kevin Hegarty

COMMENT Kevin Hegarty on the life and achievements of The Liberator, Daniel O’Connell

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the importance of November in the Christian calendar

COMMENT After Pope Francis and Leo Varadkar recently referenced the saint, Kevin Hegarty looks at his life